Ranked #1
Suspense: The Night Reveals (3/2/1943)
Suspense: The Night Reveals (3/2/1943)
Suspense was subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills," and focused on suspense thriller-type scripts, usually ... Read more
19 Apr 2011
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29mins
Ranked #2
I Love A Mystery: Million Dollar Curse, Episode 1 (12/12/1949)
I Love A Mystery: Million Dollar Curse, Episode 1 (12/12/1949)
I Love a Mystery was a serialized radio drama series about three friends who ran a detective agency and traveled the wor... Read more
15 Apr 2011
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13mins
Ranked #3
Ellery Queen: Armchair Detective (3/26/1946)
Ellery Queen: Armchair Detective (3/26/1946)
Ellery Queen was introduced in The Adventures of Ellery Queen on CBS Radio on June 18, 1939, running on various networks... Read more
27 Mar 2011
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30mins
Ranked #4
The Whistler: Golden Opportunity (5/15/1949)
The Whistler: Golden Opportunity (5/15/1949)
The Whistler, one of American radio's most popular mystery dramas, followed an effective formula in which a person's cri... Read more
25 Mar 2012
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30mins
Ranked #5
The Whistler: House of Fear (6/19/1943)
The Whistler: House of Fear (6/19/1943)
The Whistler, one of American radio's most popular mystery dramas, followed an effective formula in which a person's cri... Read more
20 Apr 2011
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29mins
Ranked #6
The Mysterious Traveler: The Woman in Black (3/9/1947)
The Mysterious Traveler: The Woman in Black (3/9/1947)
The Mysterious Traveler was an anthology radio series that featured stories which ran the gamut from fantasy and science... Read more
5 Apr 2011
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29mins
Ranked #7
Inner Sanctum: Island of the Dead (3/13/1945)
Inner Sanctum: Island of the Dead (3/13/1945)
Inner Sanctum was an anthology series featuring stories of mystery, terror and suspense, and its tongue-in-cheek introdu... Read more
7 Apr 2011
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29mins
Ranked #8
Escape: The Outer Limit (2/7/1950)
Escape: The Outer Limit (2/7/1950)
Escape was radio's leading anthology series of high-adventure radio dramas. Many story premises involved a protagonist i... Read more
7 Apr 2011
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29mins
Ranked #9
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Squared Circle Matter (12/30/1956)
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Squared Circle Matter (12/30/1956)
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was a radio drama of "the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense ac... Read more
1 Apr 2011
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24mins
Ranked #10
I Love A Mystery: Million Dollar Curse, Episode 5 (12/16/1949)
I Love A Mystery: Million Dollar Curse, Episode 5 (12/16/1949)
I Love a Mystery was a serialized radio drama series about three friends who ran a detective agency and traveled the wor... Read more
20 Apr 2011
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12mins
Ranked #11
Let George Do It: Double Death (10/17/1949)
Let George Do It: Double Death (10/17/1949)
Let George Do It starred Bob Bailey as detective George Valentine, with clients responding to his classified ad: Persona... Read more
7 Jul 2012
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29mins
Ranked #12
I Love A Mystery: Million Dollar Curse, Episode 6 (12/19/1949)
I Love A Mystery: Million Dollar Curse, Episode 6 (12/19/1949)
I Love a Mystery was a serialized radio drama series about three friends who ran a detective agency and traveled the wor... Read more
20 Apr 2011
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12mins
Ranked #13
Murder at Midnight: The Creeper (5/16/1947)
Murder at Midnight: The Creeper (5/16/1947)
Murder at Midnight features macabre tales of suspense often with a supernatural twist. Midnight, the witching hour when ... Read more
6 Apr 2011
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25mins
Ranked #14
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Duke Red Matter, Episode 1 (01/23/1956)
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Duke Red Matter, Episode 1 (01/23/1956)
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was a radio drama of "the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense ac... Read more
29 Mar 2013
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14mins
Ranked #15
Let George Do It: Sabotage (8/25/1952)
Let George Do It: Sabotage (8/25/1952)
Let George Do It starred Bob Bailey as detective George Valentine, with clients responding to his classified ad: Persona... Read more
2 Apr 2011
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29mins
Ranked #16
Suspense: The Doctor Prescribed Death (2/2/1943)
Suspense: The Doctor Prescribed Death (2/2/1943)
Suspense was subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills," and focused on suspense thriller-type scripts, usually ... Read more
11 May 2011
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28mins
Ranked #17
Lights Out: State Executioner (3/17/1937)
Lights Out: State Executioner (3/17/1937)
Lights Out is an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a network series devoted mostly ... Read more
27 Mar 2011
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22mins
Ranked #18
Mystery Is My Hobby: Death Asks Questions (11/19/1947)
Mystery Is My Hobby: Death Asks Questions (11/19/1947)
Broadcast before a live audience, Mystery Is My Hobby is a detective show with Glen Langdon as Barton Drake.
5 Oct 2011
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27mins
Ranked #19
The Whistler: The Weakling (1/3/1943)
The Whistler: The Weakling (1/3/1943)
The Whistler, one of American radio's most popular mystery dramas, followed an effective formula in which a person's cri... Read more
27 May 2011
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29mins
Ranked #20
I Love A Mystery: Million Dollar Curse, Episode 7 (12/20/1949)
I Love A Mystery: Million Dollar Curse, Episode 7 (12/20/1949)
I Love a Mystery was a serialized radio drama series about three friends who ran a detective agency and traveled the wor... Read more
22 Apr 2011
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12mins